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33rd IGC, Oslo 2008, August 6-14th. The Science Program (with codes).

Updated 26th February 2008. 26 pages. This update is available at www.33igc.org Code Themes of the Day

Early life, evolution and survival of the fittest: Did Darwin get it right? .........................................TL Climate change – past, present, future: How much is anthropogenic? ....................................... TC Geohazards: Can society cope? .................................................................................................TG Water, human health and the environment: Is groundwater a hazardous resource? ................. TW Mineral resources in a fast growing global economy: Are there any natural limits? ....................TM The energy race: What will be the future energy mix? ................................................................ TE Earth and beyond – a cosmic perspective................................................................................... TB

Major Geoscience Programs International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE).................................................................................... PE International Science Drilling Programs (IODP, ICDP)................................................................SD Satellite and Airborne Remote Sensing for GEOSS....................................................................SR International Polar Year (IPY) ..................................................................................................... PY Contribution of geochemistry to the study of the Planet (IAGC) ................................................. GC International Consortium of Geological Surveys (ICOGS) ........................................................... IC International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP)..................................................................GB

Interdisciplinary Symposia (Topical) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)....................................................UN Earth System Management........................................................................................................ EM Changing Climates......................................................................................................................CC Medical Geology ........................................................................................................................ MG Geohazards................................................................................................................................ GH Geodynamics and Plate Motions................................................................................................ GD Mathematical Geology ............................................................................................................... MA Geoscience and Nuclear Waste Disposal ..................................................................................NW CO2 Capture, Storage and Usage.............................................................................................. CO Gas Hydrates ..............................................................................................................................GA Ultra-High Pressure Metamorphism ............................................................................................UH

Regional Symposia (Special) Arctic, Antarctic and bi-polar relationships .................................................................................. AA Europe ........................................................................................................................................EU Asia ............................................................................................................................................. AS Africa........................................................................................................................................... AF Americas .................................................................................................................................... AM Oceania ..................................................................................................................................... OC World Maps ............................................................................................................................... WM

Disciplinary Symposia (General) Biogeosciences ...........................................................................................................................BG Climate, Glaciology .................................................................................................................... CG Earth Interior, Exploration Geophysics......................................................................................... EI Environmental Geoscience .........................................................................................................EG Geo-energy .................................................................................................................................GE Geomorphology, Soil Science .....................................................................................................GS Geotechnology, Remote Sensing................................................................................................GT Historical Geology, Paleontology ................................................................................................HP Hydrogeology ..............................................................................................................................HY Information, Education, Ethics, History ........................................................................................ IE Mineralogy, Petrology, Isotope Geology, Volcanology ............................................................... MP Mineral Resources ..................................................................................................................... MR Ocean Sciences ..........................................................................................................................OS Planetary Sciences, Impact Structures ........................................................................................ PI Sedimentology ............................................................................................................................ SE Structural Geology, Tectonics ..................................................................................................... ST

Workshops ................................................................................................................................... WS Short Courses...............................................................................................................................SC Business and other Meetings

Business..................................................................................................................................... BM Others ........................................................................................................................................ OM

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PROGRAM CONTENT IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER Code AA Arctic, Antarctic and bi-polar relationships (RS) AF Africa (RS) AM Americas (RS) AS Asia (RS) BG Biogeosciences (DS) BM Business Meetings CC Changing Climates (IS) CG Climate, Glaciology (DS) CO CO2 Capture, Storage and Usage (IS) EG Environmental Geoscience (DS) EI Earth Interior, Exploration Geophysics (DS) EM Earth System Management (IS) EU Europe (RS) EX Excursions GA Gas Hydrates (IS) GB International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) (MGP) GC Contribution of geochemistry to the study of the Planet (IAGC) (MGP) GD Geodynamics and Plate Motions (IS) GE Geo-energy (DS) GG Global Geology GH Geohazards (IS) GS Geomorphology, Soil Science (DS) GT Geotechnology, Remote Sensing (DS) HP Historical Geology, Paleontology (DS) HY Hydrogeology (DS) IC International Consortium of Geological Surveys (ICOGS) (MGP) IE Information, Education, Ethics, History (DS) MA Mathematical Geology (IS) MG Medical Geology (IS) MP Mineralogy, Petrology, Isotope Geology, Volcanology (DS) MR Mineral Resources (DS) NW Geoscience and Nuclear Waste Disposal (IS) OC Oceania (RS) OM Other Meetings OS Ocean Sciences (DS) PE International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) (MGP) PI Planetary Sciences, Impact Structures (DS) PY International Polar Year (IPY) (MGP) SC Short Courses SD International Science Drilling Programs (IODP, ICDP) (MGP) SE Sedimentology (DS) SR Satellite and Airborne Remote Sensing for GEOSS (MGP) ST Structural Geology, Tectonics (DS) TB Earth and beyond – a cosmic perspective (ToD) TC Climate change – past, present, future: How much is anthropogenic? (ToD) TE The energy race: What will be the future energy mix? (ToD) TG Geohazards: Can society cope? (ToD) TL Early life, evolution and survival of the fittest: Did Darwin get it right? (ToD) TM Mineral resources in a fast growing global economy: Are there any natural limits? (ToD) TW Water, human health and the environment: Is groundwater a hazardous resource? (ToD) UH Ultra-High Pressure Metamorphism (IS) UN U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (IS) WM World Maps (RS) WS Workshops Abbreviations: DS = Disciplinary Symposia (General) IS = Interdisciplinary Symposia (Topical) MGP = Major Geoscience Program RS = Regional Symposia (Special) ToD = Theme of the Day

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Themes of the Day Major aspects of Earth Sciences that are particularly relevant for society today will be highlighted during the 33rd IGC. Seven themes (titles preliminary) have been selected for particular emphasis. They are all related to the priorities of the International Years of Planet Earth. In parallel with the Congress symposia program, each day of the meeting will highlight one of these major themes. Listed below are the themes, the plenary lecturers and the preliminary titles of their lectures. The morning and afternoon programs are being arranged.

Thursday 7th August Early life, evolution and survival of the fittest TL Coordinated by Stefan Bengtson

Geoscience program TLG-01 – 08

StatoilHydro Plenary Lecture TLP-01 Evolution and education: Did Darwin get it right? Richard Fortey

Societal program TLS-01 – 08

Friday 8th August Climate change – past, present, future: How much is anthropogenic? TC Coordinated by Jörn Thiede

Geoscience program TCG-01 – 08

StatoilHydro Plenary Lecture TCP-01 Late Cenozoic palaeoclimate and human history Gerald Haug

Societal program TCS-01 – 08

Saturday 9th August Geohazards: Can society cope? TG Coordinated by Suzanne Lacasse

Geoscience program TGG-01 – 08

StatoilHydro Plenary Lecture TGP-01 Reducing the risk associated with natural threats Herbert H. Einstein

Societal program TGS-01 – 08

Monday 11th August Water, human health and the environment: Is groundwater a hazardous resource? TW Coordinated by Olle Selinus

Geoscience program TWG-01 – 08

StatoilHydro Plenary Lecture TWP-01 Will there be enough drinking water for a growing world population? Ghislain de Marsily

Societal program TWS-01 – 08

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Tuesday 12th August Mineral resources in a fast growing global economy: Are there any natural limits? TM Coordinated by Pär Weihed

Geoscience program TMG-01 – 08

StatoilHydro Plenary Lecture TMP-01 Mineral resources and reservs – why prognoses of reserves are always wrong

Neil Williams

Societal program TMS-01 – 08

Wednesday 13th August The energy race: What will be the future energy mix? TE Coordinated by Anthony Spencer

Geoscience program TEG-01 – 08

StatoilHydro Plenary Lecture TEP-01 What will be the future energy mix? Mark Moody-Stuart

Societal program TES-01 – 08

Thursday 14th August Earth and beyond – a cosmic perspective TB Coordinated by Birger Schmitz

Geoscience program TBG-01 – 08

StatoilHydro Plenary Lecture TBP-01 Water and life on Mars Maria Zuber

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Major Geoscience Programs

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PLANET EARTH (IYPE) PE Topical symposia related to the IYPE are being coordinated by Ed de Mulder and Edward Derbyshire; they are convened by the theme leaders

PEC-01 (withdrawn)

PED-01 Deep Earth – from crust to core Sierd Cloetingh, Jörg F.W. Negendank (ILP)

PEE-01 Earth and Health – building a safer environment Olle Selinus et al. Invited speakers: Olle Selinus, Bob Finkelman, José Centeno, Jane Plant, Eiliv Steinnes, Edward Derbyshire

PEL-01 Life – origins of diversity John Talent et al.

PEG-01 Groundwater – reservoir for a thirsty planet Tony Jones et al.

PEH-01 Hazards – minimizing risk, maximizing awareness Tom Beer et al.

PEM-01 Megacities – our global urban future Frauke Kraas et al.

PEO-01 (withdrawn)

PER-01 Non-renewable resources – towards their sustainable use Richard Sinding-Larsen et al.

PES-01 (withdrawn)

PES-02 The Earth's Critical Zone and Hydropedology Henry Lin, Alexander Gennadiyev, Nick Jarvis Invited speakers: Larry Wilding, Vala Ragnarsdottir

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC DRILLING PROGRAMS (IODP, ICDP) SD SDD-01 Scientific drilling Manik Talwani, Susan Humphris, Ulrich Harms

SATELLITE AND AIRBORNE REMOTE SENSING FOR GEOSS SR SRE-01 Earth observation in the Earth sciences José Achache, Richard Sinding-Larsen

INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR (IPY) PY PYG-01 International Polar Year: The next steps Carolyn Olson et al.

CONTRIBUTION OF GEOCHEMISTRY TO THE STUDY OF THE PLANET – A TRIBUTE TO WALLACE BROECKER (IAGC) GC GCC-01 Contribution of geochemistry to the study of the Planet: Historical perspectives Andrew Parker,

Andrew Herczej, Russell Harmon GCC-02 Contribution of geochemistry to the study of the Planet: Today and tomorrow Andrew Parker,

Andrew Herczej, Russell Harmon

INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS (ICOGS) IC ICG-01 International Consortium of Geological Surveys Jose-Pedro Calvo, Zdenek Venera

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Interdisciplinary Symposia (Topical) Symposia of interdisciplinary character covering a wide spectrum of subjects that are of particular Earth Science interest today are included in this category. They range from basic geoscience, to societal issues and managerial and organizational problems.

U.N. CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS) UN The Ultimate Ocean Mapping Challange – implementation of Part VI of UNCLOS Coordinators Ron Macnab, Harald Brekke, Christian Marcussen, Martin Heinesen UNC-01 The ocean floor and the law of the sea Harald Brekke et al. UNC-02 Legal and scientific interface issues Philip A. Symonds, Martin Heinesen UNC-03 World wide database, data holders, data management Walter Roest, Lindsay Parson UNC-04 Marine scientific research and deep ocean floor resources Lindsay Parson et al. UNC-05 Submission case studies Ron Macnab, Martin Heinesen UNC-06 National delineation projects in progress Christian Marcussen, Ruth Jackson UNC-07 CLCS recommendations, commentaries Ron Macnab et al.

EARTH SYSTEM MANAGEMENT EM Coordinators Joy Jacqueline Pereira, Terje Thorsnes EME-01 Human impacts on geological processes Kevin Telmer, Bernardino Figueiredo, Eduardo da Silva

(IUGS-GEM) EME-02 Role of geoscience in governance for sustainable development and human security Joy

Jacqueline Pereira, Chen Shick Pei, Lars Persson (IUGS-GEM) EME-03 Sustainable development in drylands: Geologic constraints and opportunities Nicholas Lancaster,

David Thomas (IGCP 500) EME-04 Urban geology issues for African megacities Theophilus Davies, Imasiku Nyambe, Brian Marker

(IUGS-GEM) EME-05 The future of marine resources Sven Petersen, Klaus Wallmann, James Hein, Michael Wiedecke EME-06 Geoscience in ocean management Terje Thorsnes, H. Gary Greene, Brian J. Todd (MAREANO) EME-07 Mineral extraction and protected areas – striking a balance for sustainability Colin Simpson, Joy

Jacqueline Pereira, Lars Persson (IUGS-GEM) EME-08 Earth science's role in development assistance Roger Swart, Erling Kvadsheim EME-09 Risks, Resources, and Record of the Past on the Continental Shelf Francesco L. Chiocci, Lindsay

Collins, Michel Michaelovitch de Mahiques, Renée Hetherington (IGCP 526)

CHANGING CLIMATES CC Coordinators Jörn Thiede, Ted Moore, Barbara Wohlfarth CCC-01 Climate system: Quo vadis? Jörn Thiede, Matti Saarnisto, Thomas Stocker CCC-02 Climatic change, geologic hazard and atmosphere–ocean relationships in tropical and sub-

tropical regions José Manuel Sayago, Roberto Verdum CCC-03 Focused fluid expulsion in hydrothermal and sedimentary systems: Mechanisms and effect on

climate and biosphere Henrik Svensen, Øyvind Hammer, Aivo Lepland, Sverre Planke CCC-04 Paleoclimate and climate modelling Atle Nesje, Eystein Jansen

MEDICAL GEOLOGY MG Coordinators Olle Selinus, Eiliv Steinnes, Anne Kousa MGH-01 Earth and health - medical geology: In memory of Valentin Lukashev Olle Selinus, Eiliv Steinnes,

Jane Plant, Lucy Hoareau, Ben Mapani, Robert Finkelman, Theo Davis, Catherine Skinner Invited speakers: Geir Sverre Braut, Catherine Skinner

MGH-02 Groundwater - Geopollution, contamination and health aspects Jonas Satkunas, Anne Kousa, Shrikant D. Limaye, Hisashi Nirei, Kunio Furuno (AGID, IUGS-GEM)

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MGH-03 Emerging issues in geotoxicology - other aspects of medical geology Philip Weinstein, José Centeno

MGH-04 Mineral dust in aerosols and potential health implications: A contribution to medical geology Edward Derbyshire, Johann Engelbrecht

MGH-05 Quantitative aspects of medical mineralogy A. Umran Dogan, Meral Dogan

GEOHAZARDS GH Coordinators Farrokh Nadim, Mary Lou Zoback GHZ-01 Geo-risk in the 21st century Peter T. Bobrowsky, David Applegate, John J. Clague, Suzanne Lacasse

(GSC, IUGS, INQUA) GHZ-02 Geohazards and risk studies under glabal environmental change Olav Slaymaker, Christine

Embleton-Hamann, Thomas Glade, Kalle Kronholm, Kari Sletten (IAG) GHZ-03 Integrated studies of tsunamis and other geohazards in coastal regions Lalit P. Chaudhari, Anand

G. Bhole, Andrée Blais-Stevens, Marten Geertsema, Afia Akhtar GHZ-04 Earthquake hazard assessment and geotechnics Amir Kaynia, Michele Maugeri GHZ-05 Remote sensing and GIS technologies for geohazard monitoring Moutaz Dalati, Farouk El-Baz,

Zaher Al Suleimani, Mikhail Mouty, David Stevens, Ahmed EL-Hassani, Fares Howari (AGA) GHZ-06 Landslide risks in fluvial systems Nicola Casagli, Margreth Keiler, Oliver Korup, Thomas Glade,

Oddvar Kjekstad (ICL, IUGS, UNESCO, IYPE, ICG) GHZ-07 Integrating geological hazard assessment into urban planning and management Brian Marker,

Philipp Schmidt-Thome, Mario A. Aurelio, Bhawani Shanker Paliwal (IUGS-GEM) GHZ-08 Volcano flank instability: Causes, precursors and associated hazards Derek Rust, Frederico

Pasquare (ILP) GHZ-09 "Dark Nature Project": Natural hazards and environmental catastrophes in the late Holocene

Suzanne Leroy, Alessandro M. Michetti, Leonello Serva (ICSU) GHZ-10 Mountain risks: From prediction to management and governance Theo Van Asch, Nicola Casagli,

Jean-Philippe Malet, Giacomo Falorni GHZ-11 Rock slope movements and early warning of catastrophic failure and related tsunamis Lars H.

Blikra, Giovanni Crosta, Steve Evans, Reginald Hermanns, Alexander Strom GHZ-12 Converting geosciences knowledge into action for natural hazard reduction: Lessons from

multidisciplinary research Roberto F. Page, Chaterine J. Hickson GHZ-13 Geohazards – a tribute to Kaare Høeg Suzanne Lacasse et al. (NGI)

GEODYNAMICS AND PLATE MOTIONS GD Coordinators Trond Torsvik, Irina Artemieva, Hans Thybo GDP-01 Elevated, passive continental margins: Timing and mechanisms of uplift Peter Japsen, Johan M.

Bonow, Anthony G. Doré, Jörg Ebbing Invited speakers: John Dewey, Peter R. Cobbold GDP-02 Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic crustal evolution and continental growth David Corrigan, Sally Pehrsson,

Karl-Inge Åhäll, Stephen Reddy (IGCP 509) GDP-03 Towards a common reference frame for plate motions and mantle dynamics – a tribute to Kevin

Burke Bernhard Steinberger, Trond H. Torsvik GDP-04 Palaeozoic-Mesozoic earth geography: Palaeomagnetic, faunal and facies constraints Trond H.

Torsvik, L. Robin Cocks, Rob Van der Voo GDP-05 Mid-ocean ridges, a major geo-bio-hydro interface Donna Blackmann, Colin Devey, Chris German,

Chuck Fisher, Nadine LeBris (InterRidge) GDP-06 Geodynamics of the convergent plate margins (Kashmir to Indonesia) Harsh Gupta, Rainer Kind GDP-07 Coupling lithosphere and mantle processes Susanne Buiter, Bernhard Steinberger Invited speakers:

Jeroen van Hunen, Scott King, Paul Tackley GDP-08 Basin subsidence and mantle dynamics Sierd Cloetingh, Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, François

Roure (ILP) Invited speakers: Brian Horsfield, Ritske Huismans

MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY MA Coordinators Richard Sinding-Larsen, Frits Agterberg MAG-01 Mathematical morphology and its Earth science applications Richard Sinding-Larsen, Jean Serra MAG-02 Mathematical and statistical modelling of physical and chemical processes in the Earth sciences

Antonella Buccianti, Raimon Tolosana-Delgado (IAMG)

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MAG-03 Uncertainty in spatial prediction modeling: From natural risk to resources Andrea Fabbri, Chang-Jo Chung

MAG-04 Scales, scaling, non-linearity and complexity in the geosciences Qiuming Cheng, Frits Agterberg (IAMG)

MAG-05 New frontiers of mathematical geology for resources exploration Katsuaki Koike, Zhao Pengda, Donald Singer, Ryoichi Kouda (ISME, IAMG)

GEOSCIENCE AND NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL NW Coordinator Alan Geoffrey Milnes NWG-01 Geology and disposal of nuclear waste: Global perspectives Steve Sparks, Leonello Serva,

Frantisek Woller NWG-02 Geology and disposal of nuclear waste: Nordic approach - special aspects of the disposal in

crystalline bedrock Lars-Olov Ericsson, Liisa Wikström NWG-03 Risk assessments of geological and climate hazards applied to nuclear and hazardous waste

management Philip Justus, Gordon Wittmeyer

CO2 CAPTURE, STORAGE AND USAGE CO COC-01 Subsurface use and storage of CO2 - enhancing hydrocarbon production and reducing

greenhouse emissions Niels Peter Christensen, Sergio Persoglia, Isabelle Czernichowski COC-02 New frontiers of geological sequestration of greenhouse gases Toshiyuki Tosha, Ryo Kouda, Zique

Xue, Rajesh Pawer COC-03 Risk and vulnerability assessment related to geological storage of CO2 Jens Birkholzer, Rainer

Helmig, Kaylene Ritter

GAS HYDRATES GA Coordinators Harsh Gupta, Richard Coffin GAH-01 Gas hydrates in oceanic and permafrost environments – importance for energy, climate and

geohazards Jürgen Mienert, C. Paull, G. Westbrook, H. Haflidason GAH-02 Causes and consequences of dissociation of gas hydrates – an environmental impact of marine

gas hydrates Ryo Matsumoto, Charlie Paull, Martin Hovland GAH-03 Exploration and assessment of gas hydrates Kalachand Sain, Harsh Gupta, Richard Coffin

ULTRA-HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM AND DEEP SUBDUCTION UH UHP-01 Ultra-high pressure metamorphism and accessory phases Lingsen Zeng, Fulai Liu UHP-02 Collisional orogeny, ultra-high pressure metamorphism and crustal melting Yong-Fei Zheng, Kai

Ye, Lifei Zhang UHP-03 Ultra-high pressure metamorphism: Minerals, microstructures and nanoscale observations

Larissa Dobrzhinetskaya, Harry Green, Herman van Roermund (ILP) UHP-04 Ultra-high pressure metamorphism: Mineral reactions, geochemistry, thermobarometry and

geochronology Simon Cuthbert, Alexey Perchuk, Hans-Peter Schertl (ILP) UHP-05 General topics of geology, tectonics and petrology of collisional orogenic belts: Implication to

UHP-HP metamorphic rocks Jingsui Yang, Shah Wali Faryad, Godar Gaston (ILP) UHP-06 Numerical modeling of deep subduction and exhumation of UHPM fragments: Implication to

Earth’s interior Taras Gerya, Paul Tackley (ILP)

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Regional Symposia (Special) Special symposia are dedicated to Regional Geology and are organised to include all the continents – Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. At the Oslo Congress, there will be a particular focus on the Arctic. The sessions of symposia for the different parts of the world are being prepared; listed below are the coordinators for each of the regions and the symposia.

ARCTIC, ANTARCTIC AND BI-POLAR RELATIONSHIPS AA Coordinated by David Gee, Jörn Thiede, Art Grantz AAA-01 Paleogeographic and tectonic evolution of the Arctic region during the Phanerozoic Atle Mørk,

Ashton Embry, Robert Scott, Art Grantz AAA-02 (withdrawn) AAA-03 (withdrawn) AAA-04 Arctic petroleum provinces (i): Petroleum geoscience of the Barents Sea Erik Henriksen, Ørian

Birkeland, Antonina Stoupakova, Yuri Matveev AAA-05 Arctic petroleum provinces (ii): Petroleum geoscience of Russian Arctic basins Aleksey E.

Kontorovich, Oleg I. Suprunenko, Antonina V. Stoupakova AAA-06 Arctic petroleum provinces (iii): Petroleum geoscience of the North American and Greenland

basins Donald L. Gautier, Kai Sørensen, Kirk Osadetz AAA-07 Russian-Norwegian scientific co-operation in the Barents Sea region Else Ormaasen, Erik

Henriksen, Andrey Morozov, Oleg Petrov AAA-08 Permafrost on a warming planet Jerry Brown et al. (IPA) AAA-09 Glaciers and permafrost: Interaction, sediments and landforms Ole Humlum et al. AAA-10 Arctic palaeoclimate and its extremes Martin Jakobsson, Eiliv Larsen, Morten Hald, Nalan Koc AAA-11 Metallogeny of the Arctic region Tom V. Segalstad, Ingar F. Walder (IAGOD) AAA-12 Arctic impact craters: Scientific challenges and economic prospects Henning Dypvik, Filippos

Tsikalas, Galen Gisler

AAN-01 Antarctic geodynamic evolution and paleogeography G. Grikurov, G. Leitchenkov, R.P. Menot (CGMW)

AAN-02 Cenozoic Antarctic glacial history Fabio Florindo, Peter J. Barrett, David M. Harwood AAN-03 Active continental margins in Antarctica A.J. Rudolf Trouw et al.

AAB-01 Arctic and Antarctic records of deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum: Processes, timing and causes Rob Larter, Dag Ottesen

AAB-02 Cenozoic bi-polar connections over millennia Ross Powell, Julie Brigham-Grette, Tim Naish, Martin Melles, Kate Moran, Jan Backman

EUROPE EU Coordinated by Kai Sørensen, Dan Evans, Michael Kosinowski EUR-01 Three billion years of geological history of the Baltic Shield and its shelf Tamara B. Bayanova,

Victor V. Balagansky EUR-02 Archean greenstone belts of Fennoscandia and beyond Pentti Höltta, Sergei Svetov, Adam Garde EUR-03 Complex geophysical models as a tool to understand the tectonic evolution of the Archean crust

of Fennoscandia Victor N. Glaznev, Felix P. Mitrofanov EUR-04 Tectonic evolution of the lithosphere from European Precambrian Craton to Alpine system on the

base of the deep geophysical data Aleksander Guterch, Marek Grad, G. Randy Keller EUR-05 Pre-collisional evolution of the Caledonian-Appalachian orogen David Roberts, Øystein Nordgulen,

Aaron Yoshinobu, Carol Frost, Calvin Barnes EUR-06 Collisional orogeny in the Caledonian-Appalachian Orogen Peter Robinson, David Gee, Mark

Steltenpohl, Arild Andresen EUR-07 Comparison of the Uralides and Variscides Andres Perez-Estaun, Philippe Matte, Victor Pushkov,

Galina Savelieva EUR-08 The North Atlantic Igneous Province stripped: Origin, magmatic activity, crustal processes and

plate kinematics Morgan Ganerød, Sonia Rousse, Walter Roest EUR-09 Geology of the Southern Permian Basin area Hans Doornenbal, Gerhard H. Bachmann, Tim Pharaoh,

Tadeusz Peryt EUR-10 The Baltic Sea Basin Jan Harff, Svante Björck, Peer Hoth (BSG) EUR-11 Active tectonics of the circum-Adriatic region Luigi Piccardi, Dickson Cunningham, Eutizio Vittori

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EUR-12 Cenozoic volcanism in Europe Anna Ladenberger, Hilary Downes EUR-13 Neogene of NW Europe: Palaeoclimate, tectonics and sedimentation Erik S. Rasmussen, Torsten

Utescher, Dag Ottesen Invited speaker: Sierd Cloetingh EUR-14 Late Cenozoic shaping of the NE Atlantic continental margins: Controls and sedimentary

response Dan Evans, M. Stoker, J.S. Laberg Invited speaker: Erik Lundin EUR-15 Neogene of the Mediterranean: An “ocean laboratory” Gert J. De Lange, Patrizia Ziveri, John

Woodside EUR-16 The Fennoscandian uplift Nils-Axel Mörner, Willy Fjeldskaar, Lawrence M. Cathles EUR-17 4-D topography evolution in Europe: Uplift, subsidence and sea level change (TOPO-EUROPE)

Sierd Cloetingh, Jörg Negendank (ILP) EUR-18 Palaeogeographic and palaeotectonic development of the Mediterranean and Middle East regions

W. Cavazza, L. Jolivet, A. H. F. Robertson EUR-19 Arc–continent collision processes in the Uralides and its modern analogues Dennis Brown, Chi-

Yue Huang, Richard Herrington, Richard Glen

ASIA AS Coordinated by Oleg Petrov, Harsh Gupta, Zhang Hongren ASI-01 Geodynamic evolution of Asia Ren Jishun, Peng Qiming, Manuel Pubellier (CGMW) ASI-02 Geology and mineral resources of Northern and Central Eurasia Oleg Petrov, Dong Shuwen ASI-03 Trans EurAsian Megatransect – TEAM Larry Brown, Andrey Morozov ASI-04 Evolution of the Arabian-Nubian Shield and its Orogenies Ali Al-Mishwat, Mohamed Abdelsalam,

Mengist Teklay ASI-05 Tectonics and crustal growth in Central Asia Boris Natal’in, Celal Şengör (IGCP 480) ASI-06 Pre-Mesozoic accretionary tectonics in Central Asia Wenjiao Xiao, Mikhail G. Leonov, Dmitriy V.

Alexeiev (ILP) ASI-07 The Himalayas and neighbouring regions Anshu Kumar Sinha, Richard Sinding-Larsen, J.-P. Burg ASI-08 Alpian magmatism on divergent boundaries of plate of the Caucasus Arif Ismayilzadeh, Nazim A.

Imamverdiyev

AFRICA AF Coordinated by S. Félix Toteu, Henrik Stendal AFR-01 Pan-African orogeny in Africa and adjacent regions Henrik Stendal, Felix Toteu, Yves Deschamps AFR-02 Cenozoic volcanism and evolution of the African lithosphere Luigi Beccaluva, Marjorie Wilson,

Gianluca Bianchini AFR-03 Geology of Africa and development strategies for the mining sectors of African countries Sospeter

Muhongo, Leif Thorning, David Ovadia AFR-04 Geoscience in Africa S. Félix Toteu, Sospeter Muhongo, Henrik Stendal

AMERICAS AM Coordinated by Carlos Oiti Berbert, Umberto Cordani, et al. AMN-01 (withdrawn) AMS-01 Basin analysis - geology and geophysics of cratonic basins and interior rifts Pedro Victor Zalán et

al. AMS-02 New research in Andean tectonic evolution Victor A. Ramos, Estanislao Godoy, Cesar J. Vinasco AMS-03 South American metallogeny Colombo C.G. Tassinari, Eduardo Zappettini AMS-04 South American alkaline igneous complexes Celso de Barros Gomes, Piero Comin-Chiaramonti AMS-05 Active tectonics in South America Claudio Riccomini, Francisco Hilário Rego Bezerra, Franck

Audemard AMS-06 Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic orogenic belts of South America Marcio M. Pimentel, Carlos W.

Rapela, Antonio Carlos Pedrosa-Soares Invited speaker: Patricia Wood Dickerson AMS-07 Crustal evolution of the cratonic nuclei of South America Wilson Teixeira, Roberto Dall'Agnol,

Tapani Rämö

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OCEANIA OC OCE-01 Oceania and the 34th IGC in Brisbane Neil Williams, Ian Lambert, Des Darby Invited speakers: Ian

Lambert, Neil Williams, Des Darby, Richard Blewett, Richard Lane, Simon Cox, Bridget Ayling, Peter T. Harris, Andrew Heap, Alix Post, Tanya Whiteway, Phil O’Brien, I. Borissova, C. Nicholson, A. Krassay, V. Newmann, R Di Primio, C. Boreham, George Gibson, Dick Glen, Aleks Kalinowski, John Schneider, John Dawson

WORLD MAPS WM Coordinated by Jean-Paul Cadet, Philippe Rossi WMA-01 Global geoscientific mapping. Problems and results Jean-Paul Cadet, Philippe Rossi (CGMW) WMA-02 OneGeology-Transparent Earth Ian Jackson, Harvey Thorleifson, John Broome, Jean-Paul Cadet

(CGMW, UNESCO, IUGS, IYPE, ISCGM and ICOGS) WMA-03 Global geological and cartographical standards and classification systems for international

geoscience maps Kristine Asch, Lars-Kristian Stölen (CGMW)

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Disciplinary Symposia (General) The General Symposia will cover all the main Geoscience disciplines (about fifty), which have been coordinated by colleagues who are also convening a “General Contributions” symposium for their discipline. The General Symposia are organized here in related groups to allow easy navigation within the program.

BIOGEOSCIENCES BG

BIOGEOSCIENCE BGB BGB-01 General contributions to biogeoscience Bjarte Hannisdal, Nicola McLoughlin BGB-02 Geomicrobiology: Low-temperature alteration, mineralization, and microbial interactions Ingunn

H. Thorseth, Crispin Little BGB-03 Life of the early Earth Harald Furnes, Maarten de Wit, Minik Rosing BGB-04 (withdrawn)

CLIMATE, GLACIOLOGY CG

CLIMATE CHANGE CGC CGC-01 General contributions to climate change Barbara Wohlfarth, Jörn Thiede, Ted Moore CGC-02 Paleoclimate during the last 60 million years Thomas Stocker, Matti Saarnisto, Jörn Thiede CGC-03 Solar drivers of climate change and the stratigraphic record Bob Carter, Willie Soon Invited

speakers: Henrik Svensmark, Willie Soon, Augusto Mangini, Ian Graham CGC-04 Neoproterozoic ice ages: Quo vadis? Graham Shields, Emmanuelle Arnaud, Galen Halverson (IGCP

512) CGC-05 Sea level fluctuations: Past, present and future Willy Fjeldskaar, Lawrence Cathles, Arto Miettinen

(IGCP 495) CGC-06 Late Miocene climate and Hominoid evolution Lothar Viereck-Goette, Jordi Augusti CGC-07 Late Palaeozoic climate on Pangaea: From icehouse to warmhouse Jörg Schneider, Isabel

Montanez, Chris Cleal (IGCP 469) CGC-08 Reconstruction of past climates based on combinations of microfossil records Sheila Hicks, Lena

Barnekow CGC-09 Glacial-interglacial vegetation dynamics Heikki Seppä, Karin Helmens CGC-10 Response of the biosphere to global warming: Evidence from the geological past Richard J.

Twitchett, Vivi Vajda, Gregory D. Price CGC-11 Lacustrine records as archives of climate change James T. Teller (IYPE, INQUA) CGC-12 The challenge of the Younger Dryas? Øyvind Paasche, Jostein Bakke

GLACIOLOGY AND GLACIAL GEOLOGY CGG CGG-01 General contributions to glaciology and glacial geology Per Holmlund, Julian Dowdeswell,

Johannes Oerlemans CGG-02 Subglacial environments: Processes, sediments, landforms, modelling and experiments Jan A.

Piotrowski, Chris D. Clark, David J.A. Evans Invited speakers: Neal R. Iverson, Douglas I. Benn CGG-03 Debris transport and deposition by glaciers Mike Hambrey, Neil Glasser, David Graham (IAS, IACS) CGG-04 Land ice, sea level and global warming Johannes Oerlemans CGG-05 Dynamic variability of outlet glaciers: Modern observations and inferences from the geological

record Jon Ove Hagen CGG-06 Evolution and dynamics of subglacial lakes: Water flow beneath present and past ice sheets Per

Holmlund CGG-07 Geothermal heat flow and ice dynamics Helgi Björnsson See also the program for the Arctic Special Symposia.

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EARTH INTERIOR, EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS EI

LITHOSPHERE EIL EIL-01 General contributions to the lithosphere Irina M. Artemieva, Sierd Cloetingh, Alan Levander EIL-02 What is the Moho? Dave Eaton, Kurt Mengel, Ilmo Kukkonen EIL-03 The lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary: Nature, formation and evolution from Hadean to now

Suzanne O'Reilly, Suzan van der Lee, Juan Carlos Afonso Invited speakers: Alan Jones, Bill Griffin EIL-04 The continental lithosphere from geophysical and geochemical data Irina M. Artemieva, William F.

Griffin, Jeroen Ritsema EIL-05 The oceanic lithosphere from geophysical and geochemical data J.P. Morgan, D. Müller, T. Dahl-

Jensen EIL-06 Seismic anisotropy and deformation of the crust and mantle Jaroslava Plomerova, Martha Savage,

Thorsten Becker, Vadim Levin EIL-07 The Earth's gravity field - a key to surface tectonics and mantle geodynamics Alessandro Forte,

Mikhail Kaban, Tony Watts EIL-08 Geoelectromagnetic studies of the Earth’s crust and mantle J. Ledo, T. Korja, I. Rokityansky EIL-09 Thermal studies of continents and oceans A. Nyblade EIL-10 Large-scale seismic transects: Images of the Earth’s crust and mantle Bruce Goleby, Randell

Stephenson, Doug Finlayson, R. Carbonell (IGCP 474) EIL-11 (withdrawn)

DEEP EARTH EID EID-01 General contributions to deep Earth Hans Thybo, Shun-Ichiro Karato, Brian Kennett EID-02 Properties and dynamics of mantle and core Eiji Ohtani, Geld Steinle-Neumann, Bernhard Steinberger,

James Connolly (IMA-CMP) EID-03 Deep Earth seismic tomography: Observations, models and interpretations Frédéric Deschamps,

Lapo Boschi, Wim Spakman EID-04 Mantle mineralogy and rheology Shun-Ichiro Karato, Ian Jackson EID-05 Mantle petrology M. Coltorti, M. Wilson, M. Gregoire, S. Arai EID-06 (withdrawn) EID-07 Geophysical evidence for mantle heterogeneity A. Levander, R. van der Hilst, H. Thybo EID-08 Geodynamic implications of mantle heterogeneity George Helffrich, Louise Kellogg, Paul Tackley EID-09 The dynamics of plumes Ulrich Achauer, Bernhard Steinberger EID-10 Phase transformations in the Earth's interior Bernard J. Wood, Craig R. Bina Invited speakers:

Tetsuo Irifune, Lars Stixrude

EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS EIE EIE-01 General contributions to exploration geophysics Martin Landrø, Neil Williams EIE-02 Seismic imaging in petroleum exploration and production Nils Erik Bakke, Anders Sollid, Lars

Sønneland EIE-03 Imaging below basalt Lasse Amundsen, Richard Hobbs EIE-04 Recent developments in geophysical methods Philip Mullis, Arild Haugen EIE-05 Electromagnetic petroleum exploration Ståle Johansen, Laust B. Pedersen EIE-06 Time lapse seismic: Monitoring fluid, stress and compaction changes Martin Landrø et al. EIE-07 High-resolution geophysical imaging of geological structures and processes in environmental

studies Alan Green, Christopher Juhlin, Lars Nielsen Invited speakers: Rick Miller, Valentina Socco, Marian Hertrich, Andre Revil, Andreas Kemna, Peter Dietrich, Richard Ogilvy, Esben Auken

GEOMAGNETISM EIG EIG-01 General contributions to geomagnetism Leo Kristjansson, Suzanne McEnroe EIG-02 Geological sources of global magnetic anomalies as interpreted from World Digital Magnetic

Anomaly Map (WDMAM) Juha V. Korhonen, Colin Reeves, Dhananjay Ravat EIG-03 Geomagnetic field models and palaeomagnetic data constraints Ian Snowball, Cathy Constable

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ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE EG

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY EGG EGG-01 General contributions to environmental geology Reijo Salminen, Benedetto De Vivo EGG-02 (withdrawn) EGG-03 Geological aspects of radon risk mapping, 9th symposium (GARRM 9) Marc De Cort, Grégoire

Dubois, Britt-Marie Ek, Matej Neznal, Terje Strand, Gustav Åkerblom

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY EGC EGC-01 General contributions to environmental geochemistry Jane Plant, Vala Ragnarsdottir, Reijo

Salminen EGC-02 Lead isotopes in environmental geochemistry Ola M. Sæther, Göran Åberg EGC-03 Urban geochemical mapping Rolf Tore Ottesen, Kaj Lax, Timo Tarvainen EGC-04 Geochemical mapping from the global to the local scale: The Arthur Darnley Symposium David B.

Smith, Clemens Reimann, Jane A. Plant, Reijo Salminen (IUGS/IAGC Task Group on 'Global Geochemical Baselines')

EGC-05 Importance of landscape age, tectonic setting, and lithology on chemical weathering rates and river geochemistry W. Berry Lyons, Russell Harmon (IAGC)

EGC-06 Geochemical proxies of palaeoenvironmental change in terrestrial environments Ian Fairchild, Attila Demény (IAGC)

EGC-07 Frontiers of stable isotope analysis for environmental science and biogeochemistry Martin Novak, Peter M. Wynn (IAGC)

GEO-ENERGY GE

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY GET GET-01 General contributions to geothermal energy Ingvar Birgir Friðleifsson, Eduardo R. Iglesias, Anette K.

Mortensen GET-02 Nature of geothermal systems based on geophysical, geochemical, petrological and tectonic

studies Agnes G. Reyes, Giovanni Gianelli GET-03 Water–rock interaction Halldór Ármannsson, Hélène Pauwels GET-04 New developments and technologies – Supercritical fluids, Hot Dry Rock/Enhanced Geothermal

Systems, Drilling Technology Ladislaus Rybach, Guðmundur Ómar Friðleifsson GET-05 Geothermal utilization - direct use, electrical production, heat pumps, industry and leisure John

W. Lund, Leif Bjelm, Gordon Bloomquist GET-06 Environmental and social aspects of geothermal energy Kevin L. Brown, Agnes C. de Jesus GET-07 Corrosion and scaling Darrell L. Gallup

COAL GEOSCIENCE GEC GEC-01 General contributions to coal geoscience Alv Orheim, Robert B. Finkelman, Malte Jochmann GEC-02 Sedimentology and characterization of coal Malte Jochmann, Sverre Ola Johnsen GEC-03 Underground gasification of coal Alv Orheim, Björn Berger GEC-04 Solutions to environmental and health impacts of coal Robert B. Finkelman, Jose Centeno

PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCE GEP GEP-01 General contributions to petroleum geoscience Anthony Spencer, Philip Allen, Snorre Olaussen GEP-02 Maximising the value of fossil energy and mineral resources UN Economic Commission for Europe,

Per Blystad GEP-03 Geological basis for estimating the world's petroleum resources: Challenges and uncertainties

Paul Nadeau, Donald L. Gautier

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GEP-04 Hydrocarbon resource assessment methodology in a complex architectural context Richard Sinding-Larsen, Karl Johann Skaar

GEP-05 North Sea petroleum geoscience Sigrid Borthen Toven, Andrew Hurst, Ragnar Knarud GEP-06 North Sea Chalk reservoirs. From regional understanding to reservoir level Gunnar V. Søiland,

Peter Frykman GEP-07 Petroleum geoscience on the frontier to mature basins of the Atlantic margins from Norway to

Ireland – a tribute to Peter Ziegler Kari Lokna, Dave Ellis, Mark Seger GEP-08 Hydrocarbon potential of frontier sedimentary basins; the challenges of unknown deep water and

high latitude basins David Roberts, A.G. Doré GEP-09 Linking petroleum systems and plays to sedimentary basin evolution Harry Doust, Maarten Corver,

Morten Rye-Larsen GEP-10 Global controls on sequence stratigraphy Peter Sharland, Ken Miller GEP-11 Palaeogeography and palaeo-Earth systems modelling: New approaches to reducing exploration

risk Jim Harris, Les Leith, Arne Rasmussen GEP-12 Organic-rich marine sediments: Palaeoclimatic records from anoxic oceans linked to process-

based modelling of petroleum source rocks Thomas Wagner, Philip A. Meyers, Ute Mann GEP-13 Abiotic deep origin of hydrocarbons: Myth or reality? Yuri Galant, Vladimir Kutcherov GEP-14 Serpentinization and related processes - their relevance to hydrocarbon exploration Martin

Hovland, Stan Keith, Odleiv Olesen, Monte Swan GEP-15 Geology for efficient hydrocarbon recovery Ragnar Knarud, Marie Kjølleberg GEP-16 Improved understanding of the clastic reservoirs through the use of new technologies Sissel H.

Eriksen, Trond Lien GEP-17 Unconventional gas – coalbed, shale, and tight gas-sands gases Romeo Flores, Rich Pollastro

Invited speaker: David Mathew GEP-18 Compaction processes – porosity, permeability and rock properties evolution in sedimentary

basins – a tribute to Knut Bjørlykke Per Aagaard, Jen Jahren, Paul H. Nadeau, Per Arne Bjørkum GEP-19 Carbonate reservoirs and plays Tore Amund Svånå, Joanna Garland GEP-20 Outcrop studies: Fundamental to petroleum reservoir characterization and modeling Ernest A.

Mancini, Jim Blankenship (AAPG) GEP-21 Integration in petroleum geoscience - applications, knowledge and information management - the

cornerstones in the demand for fast results Peter Eilsø Nielsen, Liv K. Mæland GEP-22 Earth observation technology and its use in the oil industry Pierre-Philippe Mathieu, S. Coulson, B.

Sæther, R. Sinding-Larsen, Ola Gråbak (ESA) GEP-23 Tar sand, heavy oil, and oil shale resources of the world Chris J. Schenk, Ronald C. Johnson

GEOMORPHOLOGY, SOIL SCIENCE GS

GEOMORPHOLOGY GSM GSM-01 General contributions to geomorphology Ole Humlum, Monique Fort GSM-02 Geomorphology and landscape response to global change – a tribute to Olav Slaymaker Xiaoping

Yang, Andrew Goudie, Monique Fort (IAG) GSM-03 Karst as a global phenomenon – a tribute to Derek Ford and Paul Williams Stein-Erik Lauritzen, Tim

Atkinson, Pavel Bosak

SOIL SCIENCE GSS GSS-01 General contributions to soil science GSS-02 Extreme geological events viewed in soils and paleosols Marie-Agnès Courty et al. GSS-03 Rock alteration in tropical domains Sonia M.B. Oliveira, Daniel Nahon, Adolpho J. Melfi

GEOTECHNOLOGY, REMOTE SENSING GT

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AND GEOTECHNICS GTE GTE-01 General contributions to engineering geology and geotechnics Roger Olsson, Amir Kaynia, Claudio

Margottini

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GTE-02 New ways of geotechnical engineering for reinforcing natural soils at construction V.I. Osipov, S.D. Filimonov, L.M. Rogachevskaya

GTE-03 Sustainable use of underground space Ed de Mulder, Keijo Nenonen

GEOMECHANICS GTM GTM-01 General contributions to geomechanics Fabrice Cuisiat, Anne Skjærstein GTM-02 Integrated geophysics-geomechanics Anne Skjærstein, Erling Fjær

NEW METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES GTN GTN-01 General contributions to new methods and technologies Jean-Jacques Royer, Andrea G. Fabbri GTN-02 Non-destructive methods of investigation in petrology and sedimentology Patric Jacobs, William

Carlson, Richard Ketcham GTN-03 Virtual geological observatories in 4D R. Dietmar Müller, Mike Gurnis, Trond H. Torsvik GTN-04 Visualization and innovative techniques in geosciences Jean-Jacques Royer, Qiuming Cheng GTN-05 Future trends in 3D and 4D modeling in geosciences Guillaume Caumon, Charles H. Sword GTN-06 Nanogeoscience Suzanne McEnroe, Falko Langenhorst

REMOTE SENSING GTR GTR-01 General contributions to geological remote sensing Gerhard Bax, Freek van der Meer, Stuart H.

Marsh GTR-02 Geological mapping using satellite techniques Jean-Paul Deroin, Mohamad Khawlie, Abdoulaye Dia GTR-03 Remote sensing of arctic and mountainous terrain Manfred Buchroithner, Gerhard Bax GTR-04 Hyperspectral remote sensing and mineral spectroscopy Alvaro P. Crósta, James V. Taranik GTR-05 Microwave remote sensing Waldir R. Paradella, John Dehls

HISTORICAL GEOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY HP

PALEONTOLOGY HPF HPF-01 General contributions to paleontology and historical geology Else Marie Friis, David L. Bruton HPF-02 Fossils in orogenic belts David L. Bruton, David A.T. Harper HPF-03 Late Paleozoic marine/non-marine correlation Jörg Schneider, Vladimir Davydov HPF-04 Radiolarians in the sedimentary record: Insights into lost oceans Patrick De Wever, Luis

O'Dogherty, Spela Gorican HPF-05 Microbial diversity during Meso-Neoproterozoic Eons Mukund Sharma, V.N. Sergeev HPF-06 see CGC-07 HPF-07 Rise and fall of the Ediacaran (Vendian) biota Mikhail Fedonkin, Patricia Vickers-Rich, Jim Gehling

(IGCP 493) HPF-08 Devonian land–sea interaction: Evolution of ecosystems and climate Peter Königshof et al. (IGCP

499) HPF-09 Marine and non-marine Jurassic; Global correlation and major geological events Jingeng Sha,

Yongdong Wang, Vivi Vajda (IGCP 506) HPF-10 Dawn of the Danian Jeffrey Stilwell, Miguel Griffin, Eckart Håkansson, Kumar Ayyasami (IGCP 522) HPF-11 Proterozoic microfossil assemblages and refinement in Proterozoic biostratigraphy Andrew H.

Knoll, Vladimir N. Sergeev, Mukund Sharma HPF-12 Environmental micropaleontology: Past, Present, future Valentina Yanko-Hombach, Ronald Martin

(ISEMMM) HPF-13 Major events in the evolution of marine biota David Harper, Rong Jiayu HPF-14 Major events in the evolution of terrestrial biota Zhou Zhonghe, Steve McLoughlin HPF-15 Mining the fossil record through geoinformatics Anthony D. Barnosky, Marc A. Carrasco HPF-16 Correlation between the marine and terrestrial realms: Problems, solutions, applications Karen

Dybkjær, Sofie Lindström HPF-17 Trace fossils – ichnological concepts and methods Dirk Knaust, Richard Bromley Invited speakers:

Adolf Seilacher, Duncan McIlroy

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QUATERNARY GEOLOGY HPQ HPQ-01 General contributions to Quaternary geology Kurt Kjær HPQ-02 Black Sea–Mediterranean Corridor during last 30 ky: Sea level change and human adaptation

Valentina Yanko-Hombach, Yucel Yilmaz, Pavel Dolukhanov (IGCP 521) HPQ-03 Holocene and present-day sediment budgets in cold environments Achim A. Beylich, Scott F.

Lamoureux HPQ-04 Quaternary palaeo-ice streams of the northern and southern hemisphere Dag Ottesen, Chris Clark,

Atle Nygård

PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY HPP HPP-01 General contributions to Precambrian geology Raimo Lahtinen, S. Wilde, J. Percival HPP-02 Precambrian ophiolites and related rocks P. Peltonen, T. Kusky HPP-03 The first billion years of crustal evolution Martin J. Whitehouse, Robert Frei HPP-04 From Rodinia to Nuna and beyond: Precambrian supercontinent reconstructions delving deeper

in time Svetlana Bogdanova, David Evans, Mauro Cesar Geraldes, Hervé Théveniaut (IGCP 440 and IGCP 509)

HPP-05 Evolution of Archean crust Yildirim Dilek, Harald Furnes, Maarten de Wit HPP-06 The evolving Earth system through Archaean–Palaeoproterozoic transition Victor A. Melezhik,

David A.D. Evans, Ariel Anbar (IGCP509, ICDP FAR-DEEP, Kaapvaal Drilling Project, ABDP) HPP-07 Late Neoproterozoic orogenic belts and assembly of Gondwana Bernard Bingen, Joachim Jacobs,

Alan S. Collins, Giulio Viola, Mark A. Smethurst, Daud Jamal Invited speakers: Sergei Pisarevsky, Alan Collins

STRATIGRAPHY HPS HPS-01 General contributions to stratigraphy Alexey S. Tesakov, Geir Birger Larssen HPS-02 (withdrawn) HPS-03 Magnetic stratigraphy: The template for the construction of geologic time scales Fabio Speranza,

Fabio Florindo HPS-04 Correlation of Devonian terrestrial, neritic and pelagic strata Thomas Becker, John E. Marshall (ICS) HPS-05 Recent developments in the Geologic Timescale Felix M. Gradstein, James G. Ogg, Mike Villeneuve

(ICS) HPS-06 Milestones in quantitative biostratigraphy Frits Agterberg, Felix M. Gradstein (ICS) HPS-07 Pliocene-Pleistocene correlations and global change Maria Bianca Cita, Brad Pillans (ICS, INQUA) HPS-08 Oligocene Series: A time of change in earth and life history Yuri Gladenkov, Noël Vandenberghe

(ICS, ISPS) HPS-09 Stratigraphic correlation of Neoproterozoic strata James Gehling, Shuhai Xiao, Graham Shields

(Neoproterozoic Subcommission) HPS-10 Stratigraphic subdivisions of the Cretaceous System: State of the art Isabella Premoli Silva, Finn

Surlyk, I. Walaszczyk (IUGS Subcommission on Cretaceous Stratigraphy of ICS) HPS-11 The EARTHTIME project S.A. Bowring, T.H. Torsvik, Klaudia Kuiper HPS-12 New developments in stratigraphic classification Maria Bianca Cita, Chris Kendall, Andreas Strasser,

Stan Finney (ICS), see also workshop WSS-11

HYDROGEOLOGY HY

HYDROGEOLOGY HYH HYH-01 General contributions to hydrogeology Karsten H. Jensen, Leonard Konikow HYH-02 Groundwater resources and management Jan Øvstedal, Afia Akhtar, Paliwal Bhawani Shanker,

Stephen Ragone (AGID) HYH-03 European approaches to management and monitoring of groundwater in hard rock aquifers Lars-

Ove Lång, António Chambel HYH-04 Groundwater and engineering geology in bedrock Bo Olofsson, Oddmund Soldal HYH-05 Hydrogeological aspects of Quaternary geology and climate change Sylvi Haldorsen, Ola Sæther

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HYH-06 Groundwater development - experiences from low-income countries, foreign aid projects and disaster relief – a symposium including the UNESCO-IUGS-IGCP project GROWNET Kim Rudolph-Lund, Costantino Faillace, Shrikant D. Limaye (UNESCO-IUGS-IGCP 523, AGID)

HYH-07 Groundwater flow and water–rock interaction in compact fractured rocks: Storage of nuclear waste, field evidence and mathematical models Tomas Paces, Gert Knutsson, Peter Wikberg

HYH-08 Management of coastal aquifers Giovanni Barrocu, Shrikant D. Limaye (AGID) HYH-09 International perspectives on karst aquifers and water resources Chris Groves, Yuan Daoxian,

Bartolome Andreo-Navarro, Heather Viles (UNESCO-IUGS-IGCP 513) HYH-10 Hydrogeology of Hindu-Kush Himalayas Ritesh Arya, D.K. Chadha

INFORMATION, EDUCATION, ETHICS, HISTORY IE

GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION IEI IEI-01 General contributions to geoscience information Ian Jackson, John Broome, Udo Strauss, Robert

Tomas (CGI, IAMG, GIC) Data capture and acquisition Coordinator: Guy Buller

IEI-02 Advances in digital data capture in geological mapping Guy Buller, Colm Jordan IEI-03 The increasing contribution and opportunities presented by remotely sensed data: Geophysics,

digital elevation data, and sensor networks Eric Grunsky, Tom Cudahy IEI-04 Putting new life into old data – digital conversion and exploitation of paper records Mary Carter,

Jørgen Tulstrup, Marco Amanti, Carlo Cipolloni Information management Coordinator: John Broome

IEI-05 If you can’t find the data, why bother collecting and keeping it? - the importance of good metadata Per Ryghaug, Jerry Giles

IEI-06 Data models and architectures Boyan Broderic, John Laxton IEI-07 Interoperability and exchange formats – developments in XML, GML, GeoSciML, OGC, ISO and

other standards Simon Cox, Lars-Kristian Stölen IEI-08 What should we call that rock? – the critical role of thesauri, vocabularies, ontologies and

dictionaries in digital systems Peter Davenport, Clinton Smyth IEI-09 Spatial data infrastructures and strategies for geoscience information François Robidas, Jan

Kooijman IEI-10 Looking after the ground truth – the problems and opportunities in managing physical

collections (paper records, core and fossils etc) Mike Howe IEI-11 Managing the transition from map making to database building Dave Soller, Staffan Zetterlund

Information dissemination and delivery Coordinator: Ian Jackson IEI-12 Geological maps in the digital era: Quo Vadis? Kristine Asch, Koji Wakita IEI-13 Uncertainty in GIS and 3D modelling – approaches to quantify and represent error in interpreted

digital datasets Gina Ross, Alan Willocks IEI-14 Decision support systems: best practice in using GIS and geoscience data to help society’s

problems Robert Tomas, Bobo Nordahl IEI-15 Accessing and sharing geoscience information: the problems and issues of disseminating

geoscience data in a digital era (including digital rights management, licensing, IPR, copyright, public sector data for free or a fee, and liability) Ian Jackson, Jarmo Kohonen

IEI-16 Dynamic delivery of information: harnessing the real time power of the internet John Broome, Bernhard Wagner

IEI-17 Geoscience information for the developing world Anna-Karren Nguno, Max Fernandez Information technology and systems Coordinator: Udo Strauss

IEI-18 How much more space and speed will we need? – issues relating to the current and future provision of digital storage and network performance Ian Ainslie, Sten Troelstrup

IEI-19 Digital standards, security and authentication of web-based database Ryoichi Kouda, Udo Strauss IEI-20 Free and open-source geospatial software: applications in Earth Sciences and recent

development Henning Lorenz, Markus Neteler IEI-21 The application of high performance computing, GRID and simulation technology in geoscience

Rob Woodcock, Louis Moresi 3 and 4D modelling and visualisation Coordinator: Andy Howard

IEI-22 From 2D to 3D – moving geological surveys from a mapping to modelling culture Andy Howard, Harvey Thorleifson

IEI-23 Visualisation and immersive technologies for model presentation and virtual field reconnaissance Richard Berg, Andreas Kuehni, Jacques Vairon

IEI-24 Multi-dimensional modelling in sparse data environments Eric de Kemp, Patrick Ledru IEI-25 Integrating geological and geophysical datasets for 3D modelling Catherine Truffert

IEI-26 Short-Sharp-Share Coordinator: Harvey Thorleifson

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GEOARCHAEOLOGY IEA IEA-01 General contributions to geoarchaeology Magnus Hellqvist et al. IEA-02 Geoarchaeology and geomythology as geological constraining tools Filippos Tsikalas, Stavros P.

Papamarinopoulos IEA-03 Geophysical and geochemical archaeology Oleg B. Khavroshkin, Andrey V. Zhukov Invited speaker:

Mario Alejandro Caria IEA-04 The geoarchaeological perspective: Human interactions with the geosphere Lucy Wilson, Pam

Dickinson, Eric Fouache (IAG Working Group on Geoarcheology) IEA-05 Geology and cultural heritage Tom Heldal IEA-06 Geoarchaeology and archaeometry Patrick Degryse (Society for Archaeological Science, ASMOSIA)

GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION AND ETHICS IEE IEE-01 General contributions to geoscience education and ethics Kåre Kullerud et al. IEE-02 Geoscience for schools in developing countries Afia Akhtar, Antony J. Reedman (AGID) IEE-03 Earth system geoscience education Gerald Krockover et al. IEE-04 Impact and value of geological knowledge Peadar McArdle, Hans Peter Schoenlaub IEE-05 Geoscience education for the 21st century Ian Clark, Chan-Jong Kim, Chris King (IUGS Commission

on Geoscience Education, Training & Technological Transfer) IEE-06 Community service by geoscientists — “Think Globally, Act Locally” Grant Heiken, David Liverman

(IUGS Commission on Geoscience for Environment Management) IEE-07 Geoethics Vaclav Nemec, Lidmila Nemcova (AGID) IEE-08 Earth sciences and the ethics of sustainable world cultures Paul H. Reitan, Allison R. Palmer, Kirsten

Halsnæs IEE-09 Geosciences and art José Sellés-Martínez et al.

GEOHERITAGE AND SOCIETY IES (Coordinated by Sven Dahlgren, Lars Erikstad, Alexandre Sales.) IES-01 General contributions to geoheritage and society Antony J. Reedman, Chris Woodley Stuart, Jiang

Janjun, Pasquale Li Puma, Afia Akhtar (EGN, AGID, GGN) IES-02 Earth heritage: Science, education and capacity building Peter Bobrowsky, Robert Missotten, Zhao

Xun (IUGS, UNESCO, GGN) IES-03 Geosites and landscape – conservation and management strategies Jose Brilha, Emmanuel Reynard

(ProGEO, IAG) IES-04 Geoparks and geotourism Nickolaos Zouros, Patrick McKeever (EGN)

HISTORY OF GEOSCIENCES IEH IEH-01 General contributions to history of geosciences Jens Morten Hansen, David Oldroyd (INHIGEO)

Invited speaker: A. M. Celal Şengör IEH-02 450 years of geological reasoning on sustainability Jens Morten Hansen, David Oldroyd (INHIGEO)

Invited speaker: David Oldroyd IEH-03 Myth and geology Luigi Piccardi, W. Bruce Masse IEH-04 Axel Fredrik Cronstedt memorial session: History of mineralogy and mineral collecting Jörgen

Langhof et al. IEH-05 History of exploration of the polar regions Cornelia Lüedecke, Naja Mikkelsen (INHIGEO)

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MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY, ISOTOPE GEOLOGY, VOLCANOLOGY MP

MINERALOGY MPM MPM-01 General contributions to mineralogy Kari Kojonen, Chris Stanley (IMA) Invited speakers: David J.

Vaughan, Katsuo Tsukamoto MPM-02 Frontiers in quartz research: The genesis, crystal chemistry and economic importance of

igneous, metamorphic and hydrothermal SiO2-polymorphs Peter M. Ihlen, Rune B. Larsen, Axel Müller Invited speakers: Trond Brenden-Veisal, Jens Götze, Alfons van den Kerkhof, Brian Rusk, Marion Stevens-Kalceff

MPM-03 Metals in the Earth: From vital resource to environmental hazard David Vaughan, Dogan Paktunc, Kari Kojonen (IMA)

MPM-04 Platinum-group mineralogy Andy McDonald, Kari Kojonen (COM) Invited speakers: Louis J. Cabri, Kreshimir Malitch

MPM-05 Kinetics and dynamics in mineral processes Jannick Ingrin et al. (IMA-CMP) MPM-06 Melts and glasses in mineralogy and petrology Daniel Neuville et al. (IMA-CMP) MPM-07 Mineral spectroscopy Georg Amthauer et al. (IMA-CMP) MPM-08 Neutrons and synchrotron radiation in mineralogy and material science Susan Schorr et al. (IMA-

CMP) MPM-09 see EID-02 MPM-10 Fluids and melts in the Earth’s mantle: From natural observation to HT-HP experiment Leonid L.

Perchuk, Oleg G. Safonov (IMA-WGME) MPM-11 Phase transformations and geodynamics Taras V.Gerya, Leonid L.Perchuk (IMA-WGME) MPM-12 New developments in microbeam techniques Jan Kosler, John Hanchar, Martin Whitehouse MPM-13 Inclusions in minerals Sergey Smirnov, Pei Ni, Matti Poutiainen (IMA-WGIM)

IGNEOUS PETROLOGY MPI MPI-01 General contributions to igneous petrology Brian Robins, Marjorie Wilson MPI-02 Integrated perspectives on the accretion of oceanic crust Yildirim Dilek, Jeffrey A. Karson MPI-03 Granite classification - a never-ending problem Bernard Bonin, Tapani Rämö, Tom Andersen (IUGS

Subcommission of Systematics on Igneous Rocks (SSIR) and UNESCO – IGCP 510) MPI-04 Mafic dyke swarms: A global perspective Rajesh K. Srivastava, Wouter Bleeker, Richard Ernst MPI-05 Large Igneous Provinces: Initiation, evolution and origin Lothar Viereck-Goette, Sverre Planke MPI-06 Layered intrusions and the evolution of magma chambers – a tribute to J. Richard Wilson Christian

Tegner, Bernard Charlier, Brian Robins MPI-07 Alkaline and carbonatite magmatism and related ore deposits Lia Kogarko, Tom Andersen, Kathryn

Moore

METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY MPN MPN-01 General contributions to metamorphic petrology William Carlson, Simon L. Harley MPN-02 Metamorphism and metamorphic processes Simon L. Harley, Leif Johansson, Håkon Austrheim,

Erling Krogh Ravna MPN-03 Mineral replacement and mass transfer in hydrothermal systems: From the nanoscale to the

megascale Andrew Putnis, Ane K. Engvik MPN-04 Geochronology of metasomatism, mineral reactions and fabric development in metamorphic

rocks B. Bingen, F. Corfu Invited speaker: Johannes Glodny MPN-05 Earthquakes, fluids and metamorphism Torgeir B. Andersen, Timm John MPN-06 Extreme metamorphism during the amalgamation of Gondwana: Tectonics, rates and models

Chris Clark, Alan Collins, Renato Moraes, M. Santosh

Sederholm Symposia on Migmatites and Granites (coordinated by Mike Brown, Olav Eklund and Peter Sorjonen-Ward):

MPN-07 Secular change in metamorphism and crustal melting Mike Brown, Tony Kemp MPN-08 Microstructural analysis of high-grade metamorphic rocks and implications for fluid and melt

flow in the crust Ed Sawyer, Marian Holness

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MPN-09 Petrology, geochemistry, isotope geochemistry and geochronology of high grade metamorphic processes and partial melting Olav Eklund, Peter Sorjonen-Ward

MPN-10 Migmatite terranes - the role of partially molten crust in orogenic processes Carlo Dietl, Roberto Weinberg, Marco Elter

MPN-11 From migmatites to plutons: The fate of granitic magmas Roberto Weinberg

GEOCHRONOLOGY AND ISOTOPE GEOLOGY MPC MPC-01 General contributions to geochronology and isotope geology Åke Johansson et al. MPC-02 Geochronology of metamorphic reactions and deformation in high-grade orogenic settings Jenny

Andersson, Ulf Söderlund, David Cornell Invited speaker: Daniela Rubatto MPC-03 Precambrian isotope chemostratigraphy Alcides Nobrega Sial, Claudio Gaucher, Valderez Pinto

Ferreira Invited speaker: Alan Jay Kaufman MPC-04 Constraining timing and rates of surface processes by low temperature thermochronology Bart

W.H. Hendriks, Tim F. Redfield MPC-05 Evolution of the crust and oceans through Re-Os geochemistry: A decade of discovery Holly

Stein, Judith Hannah

EXPERIMENTAL PETROLOGY AND MINERALOGY MPE MPE-01 General contributions to experimental petrology and mineralogy – a tribute to Surendra Saxena

Peter Lazor, Guoyin Shen MPE-02 Experimental petrology and the generation of plume magmas Gautam Sen, Christoph Hieronymus MPE-03 Mineral properties and phase transformations in the Earth's interior Daniel Frost, Reidar G.

Trønnes MPE-04 Planetary materials, accretion and early differentiation Reidar G. Trønnes, Michael J. Walter

VOLCANOLOGY MPV MPV-01 General contributions to volcanology Valentin Troll, Thorvaldur Thordarson MPV-02 Shallow magmatic processes Freysteinn Sigmundsson, Olgeir Sigmarsson MPV-03 Flood basalt volcanism and stratigraphy Thorvaldur Thordarson, Dhanapati Haldar MPV-04 Volcano–atmosphere interactions MPV-05 Volcanic eruptions: Chamber-, conduit-, and depositional processes and their implication for

monitoring and hazard assessment Valentin Troll, Jane Chadwick MPV-06 The construction/destruction of magmatic and volcanic systems: New insights into magma-

tectonic and volcano-tectonic processes in the Earth’s crust Olivier Galland, Eoghan Holohan

MINERAL RESOURCES MR

INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS MRB MRB-01 General contributions to industrial mineral deposits Nikolaos Arvanitidis et al.

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS MRC MRC-01 General contributions to construction materials Phil Paige Green, Peer R. Neeb, Björn Schouenborg MRC-02 Geology, prospecting, and land use planning of aggregate and natural stone production

Sebastien Dupray, Atiye Tuğrul MRC-03 Classification systems and testing of aggregates and available production techniques Ju Yong

Kim, Björn Schouenborg MRC-04 Mineralogical studies versus performance of the product – aggregates and natural stones Björn

Schouenborg, Maria Heloisa Frascá MRC-05 Dimension stone – assessment of stone performance in use Katarina Malaga, Paola Blasi

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MRC-06 Environmental influences and reclamation of quarrying and processing – sustainable development Ákos Török, Mika Räisänen, Saku Vuori

MRC-07 Waste and left-over materials from dimension stone and aggregate quarries and recycling of construction materials Soile Aatos, Hannu Luodes, Mika Räisänen, William H. Langer

MINERAL DEPOSITS MRD MRD-01 General contributions to mineral deposits Krister Sundblad, Eiji Izawa, Milka K. de Brodtkorb MRD-02 Deep sources and signatures of ore forming systems - a tool for new discoveries of mineral

deposits Sergei Cherkasov, Lawrence M. Cathles, Vadim I. Kazansky MRD-03 Recent developments on marine mineral deposits David S. Cronan, Peter A. Rona, Akira Usui MRD-04 Giant ore deposits Peter Laznicka, Pei Rong Fu, Mikhail Rafailovich MRD-05 Results of First Global Mineral Resource Assessment and other large-region assessment studies

Michael Zientek, Andor Lips, Daniel Cassard, Hee-Young Chun, Sergej Cherkasov, Leon Ehlers, Edwardo Zappettini Invited speaker: Nigel J. Cook

MRD-06 Granitic magmatism and related mineralizations Alcides Nobrega Sial, Jorge da Silva Bettencourt Invited speaker: Richard Tosdal

MRD-07 Geology and mineral potential of CIS countries Oleg Petrov, Reimar Seltmann (IAGOD) MRD-08 Volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits: Controls on distribution and timing Rodney Allen,

Fernando Tornos, Jan Peter, Namik Cagatay (IGCP 502) MRD-09 Au-Ag telluride-selenide deposits Nigel Cook, Kari Kojonen (IGCP 486, IAGOD, IMA-COM) MRD-10 Large ore provinces of Central Asia Ginayat R. Bekzhanov, Bernd Lehmann, Dmitry Pushcharovsky

(SGA) MRD-11 Metallogeny of Fennoscandia Felix Mitrofanov, Krister Sundblad, Pär Weihed MRD-12 Fluvial palaeo-systems: Evolution and mineral deposits Natalia Patyk-Kara, Alejandra Duk-Rodkin,

Baohong Hou (IGCP 514) MRD-13 Ore deposits associated with black shales: from their origin to their environmental impacts J.

Pašava, Hartwig E. Frimmel (SGA) MRD-14 Ophiolites, greenstone belts and ore deposits Paul T. Robinson, Yildirim Dilek MRD-15 Ni-Cu-PGE sulphide deposits Heikki Papunen, Anthony Naldrett (SGA) MRD-16 Iron oxide copper gold deposits Robert Marschik, Lluis Fontboté (SEG) MRD-17 Gold deposits: Reflections of their tectonic environments Richard Goldfarb, Jeffrey Hedenquist

(SEG) MRD-18 Iron deposits Mark Barley, Jan-Olov Nyström, Fernando Henriquez MRD-19 Uranium deposits Michel Cuney, Claude Caillat, Olli Äikäs (SGA) MRD-20 Porphyry-type deposits David Cooke, Peter Hollings (SEG)

OCEAN SCIENCES OS

MARINE GEOSCIENCE & PALEOCEANOGRAPHY OSP OSP-01 General contributions to marine geoscience & paleoceanography Haflidi Haflidason, Angelo

Camerlemghi, Jerry McManus OSP-02 Marine geophysics: State-of-the-art and a look ahead - a tribute to Manik Talwani Olav Eldholm,

Jörn Thiede OSP-03 Ocean margin and ocean island sediment mass movements and their consequences: Where?

When? Why? Roger Urgeles, Jacques Locat, Jürgen Mienert, Anders Solheim, Vasilios Lykousis (IGCP 511)

OSP-04 Contourites Adriano R. Viana, Michele Rebesco, Jan Sverre Laberg OSP-05 Marine geology of fjords Matthias Paetzel, Matthias Forwick, Ross D. Powell, Tore O. Vorren OSP-06 Causes of oxic-anoxic changes in Cretaceous marine and non-marine environments and their

implications for Earth systems Chengshan Wang, Luba Jansa (IGCP 463 and 555) OSP-07 Oceanic hypoxia: Present and past Elisabeth Alve, Hiroshi Kitazato, Bruce H. Corliss OSP-08 (withdrawn)

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PLANETARY SCIENCES, IMPACT STRUCTURES PI

COMPARATIVE PLANETOLOGY PIP PIP-01 General contributions to comparative planetology Henning Haack, Alfred McEwen PIP-02 The geology of Mars and Venus - recent results Jouko Raitala, Marko Aittola, Petri Kostama PIP-03 Volcanism in the solar system Alfred McEwen, Laszlo Keszthelyi PIP-04 From gas and dust to planets Martin Bizzarro, Thorsten Kleine PIP-05 Ice in the solar system Dorthe Dahl Jensen, Stephen M. Clifford PIP-06 Origin and evolution of the Moon Timothy Fagan, Tomoko Arai

IMPACT STRUCTURES PIS PIS-01 General contributions to impact structures Birger Schmitz et al. PIS-02 (withdrawn) PIS-03 Environments and consequences of impacts of asteroids and comets Birger Schmitz, Christian

Koeberl, Maurits Lindström, Jens Ormö

SEDIMENTOLOGY SE

SEDIMENTOLOGY SES SES-01 General contributions to sedimentology Knut Bjørlykke, Ron Steel, William Helland-Hansen SES-02 Processes in high-latitude depositional systems and basins Allard Martinius, Philip Ringrose SES-03 Intra-basaltic sediments and weathering horizons as monitors of climate change Mike Widdowson,

Mohammed Rafi G. Sayyed Invited speaker: Arie Singer SES-04 Organic geochemical archives of paleoenvironmental conditions in sediments of the deep and

coastal ocean, lakes and rivers Mark Yunker, Philip A. Meyers SES-05 Dynamics of complex intracontinental basins Ralf Littke, Ulf Bayer, Dirk Gajewski SES-06 Foreland basins: Palaeoecology, climate, and chronostratigraphy Bettina Reichenbacher, Iuliana

Vasiliev SES-07 Dynamics of sedimentary basins Susanne Buiter, David Egholm Invited speaker: Philip Allen

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, TECTONICS ST

TECTONICS STT STT-01 General contributions to tectonics and structural geology Hemin Koyi, Roy Gabrielsen STT-02 Structure and formation of rift basins and passive margins from surface to depth: Observations

and modelling Ritske Huismans, Nina Simon, Lars Ruepke, Yuri Podladchikov STT-03 Accretionary orogens: Character and processes Peter Cawood, Raimo Lahtinen, Yukio Isozaki

(ERAS project) STT-04 Mantle convection and plumes: Reconciling observational and modelling constraints Harro

Schmeling, Christoph Hieronymus STT-05 Ocean–continent transitions at rifted margins Jan Inge Faleide, Gianreto Manatschal, Nick Kusznir,

Erik Lundin STT-06 Marine and continental fold and thrust belts Hermann Lebit, Rob Butler, Signe Ottesen, Chris

Hedlund, Stefano Mazzoli (IUGS Task Group on Structural Geology and Tectonics) STT-07 Three-dimensional aspects of subduction zone processes: Insight from dynamic modelling,

tectonic reconstructions and observational studies Wouter P. Schellart, Gideon Rosenbaum, Dave Stegman

STT-08 Numerical and analogue modelling of deformation - from the micro- to the crustal scale Paul D. Bons, Sudipta Sengupta, Hemin Koyi

STT-09 New concepts in global tectonics Dong Choi, Karsten Storetvedt, Forese Carlo Wezel STT-10 Earthquakes in-depth: Fault zone drilling projects on land and at sea Achim J. Kopf, Marco

Bohnhoff, Harold J. Tobin (ICDP)

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PALEOSEISMOLOGY STP STP-01 General contributions to paleoseismology Hilmar Bungum, Allesandro Michetti, John Adams STP-02 Deducing nature and magnitude of paleoearthquakes: Finding paleoevents and quantifying them

Alessandro Michetti, Karl Müller, Klaus Reicherter (INQUA Subcommission on Paleoseismicity) STP-03 Paleoseismology for seismic hazard: Constructing paleo-earthquake histories and deducing

seismic hazard implications Maryam Khodayar, Nils-Axel Mörner, John Adams

NEOTECTONICS STN STN-01 General contributions to neotectonics Odleiv Olesen, Michel Sébrier, Anthony Crone STN-02 Neotectonics and stress state in formerly glaciated regions Christophe Pascal, Iain Stewart, Bert

Vermeersen Invited speakers: Andrea Hampel, Jeanne Sauber STN-03 Morphotectonics of lowland areas Andrzej Piotrowski, Marek Graniczny, Jonas Satkunas STN-04 Stress/strain partitioning in active orogens, with emphasis on geomorphic/geologic signature of

bounding blind thrust faults Franck Audemard, Alejandro Escalona, Karl Mueller (INQUA, IAG)

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Workshops WS Workshops are not open for abstract submission. They are arranged by the specified leaders. Register your participation on the web. Those who need more information should take contact with the respective leaders. WSS-01 (withdrawn) WSS-02 see GHZ-12 WSS-03 Delivery of geoscience information using web services Bruce Simons, John Laxton (CGI-IUGS) WSS-04 Funding geological research – the challenges for Earth system science Harold R. Lane, Yupeng

Yao, Sören Dürr WSS-05 Geoconservation for sustainable development and Earth science propagation, geoheritage,

geosites, geoparks Bill Wimbledon, Joy Jaqueline Pereira, Todor Todorov, Il'ya Fishman, Lars Erikstad, Francesco Zarlenga (IUGS-ProGEO, IUGS-GEM)

WSS-06 Geoscience education in colleges and universities in Africa Rosemary Olive Mbone Enie, Barth N. Ekwueme

WSS-07 Impact structures Henning Dypvik, Alex Deutsch, Elin Kalleson WSS-08 Integrated basin-play - prospect risk and resource assessment for oil and gas exploration Darrel

Norman, Per Audun Hole WSS-09 Lapland Granulite Belt (LGB) and 1.9 Ga assembling of the Northeastern Baltic (Fennoscandian)

Shield Pekka Tuisku, Pekka Heikkinen, Hannu Huhma (IGCP 509) WSS-10 Molar-tooth structures (in calcite spar) Nils-Martin Hanken, Xianghua Meng, Jesper Kresten Nielsen WSS-11 New developments in stratigraphic classification Maria Bianca Cita, Chris Kendall, Andreas

Strasser, Stan Finney (ICS), see also symposium HPS-12 WSS-12 see SCS-10 WSS-13 Paleontological data analysis and modelling Øyvind Hammer et al. WSS-14 PaleoParks: The conservation and preservation of paleontological sites worldwide Jere H. Lipps

et al. WSS-15 Reconstruction of cold-based ice sheets Svein Olaf Dahl, Henriette Linge WSS-16 Representative sampling - an ongoing geoscience challenge Kim H. Esbensen WSS-17 Sustainable mineral resource management - industrial minerals and aggregates Deborah Shields,

Slavko Solar WSS-18 Trondhjemites, tonalites, plagiogranites and adakites: Similarities, differences and petrogenesis

Jan Hertogen, David Roberts, R.B. Pedersen, Joseph Cotten WSS-19 Urban geochemical mapping methods Rolf Tore Ottesen, Kaj Lax, Timo Tarvainen WSS-20 Radon risk mapping: From soil-gas to indoor concentrations Peter Bossew, Grégoire Dubois, Tore

Tollefsen, Ivan Barnet, Mark Smethurst WSS-21 Issues for geologists in 21st century – mitigation of man’s influence and serving society’s needs

Isabel Fernandez Fuentes, Herald Ligtenberg (EFG) WSS-22 The future workforce of the geosciences – a global crisis? Christopher M. Keane et al. (AGI)

Short Courses SC Short Courses are not open for abstract submission. They are arranged by the specified leaders. Register your participation on the web. Those who need more information should take contact with the respective leaders. SCS-01 Geology from the air - Introduction to airborne exploration geophysics Markku Peltoniemi SCS-02 Medical geology Olle Selinus, Edward Derbyshire, Jose Centeno, Robert Finkelman SCS-03 Quantitative aspects of medical mineralogy A. Umran Dogan & Meral Dogan SCS-04 Modern prospect assessment: Risk and uncertainty for today’s prospect evaluations Darrel

Norman, Per Audun Hole SCS-05 (withdrawn) SCS-06 Paleoseismology Nils-Axel Mörner, Jim McCalpin, Frank Audemard, Sue Dawson SCS-07 Salt tectonics Yu Yixin, M.P.A. Jackson SCS-08 Source rock modelling Ute Mann, Maik Inthorn SCS-09 (withdrawn) SCS-10 Numerical modeling in Earth sciences Daniel W. Schmid, Marcin Dabrowski, Lars H. Rüpke, Boris J.P.

Kaus

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Business Meetings BM The following Business Meetings have been announced. Others are welcome; please contact the Meetings’ coordinator asgeir@congrex.no IUGS Commission for the Geological Map of the World (CGMW) Jean-Paul Cadet / Philippe Rossi ccgm@club-internet.fr IUGS Commission for the Geological Map of the World (CGMW) Jean-Paul Cadet / Philippe Rossi ccgm@club-internet.fr IUGS Commission for the Management and Application of Geoscience Information (CGI) Ian Jackson ij@bgs.ac.uk IUGS/IAGC Task Group on Global Geochemical Baselines, and EuroGeoSuveys Geochemistry Working Group David B. Smith dsmith@usgs.gov IGCP 509 David Evans dai.evans@yale.edu IGCP 512 Graham Shields graham.shields@jcu.edu.au International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) Felix M. Gradstein f.m.gradstein@nhm.uio.no International Medical Geology Association (IMGA) Lars Persson lars.persson@sgu.se IUGS Ordovician Subcommission Chen Xu xu1936@yahoo.com Neoproterozoic Subcommission Graham Shields graham.shields@jcu.edu.au UNESCO-IUGS-IGCP Project 523 GROWNET Shrikant D. Limaye limaye@vsnl.com International Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy (SDS) R. Thomas Becker rbecker@uni-muenster.de INQUA Subcommission on Paleoseismicity Alessandro Michetti michetti@fis.unico.it IUGS/IAGC Task Group on 'Global Geochemical Baselines' Attila Demény, David B. Smith demeny@geochem.hu ; dsmith@usgs.gov

Other Meetings OM The following Other Meetings have been announced. Others are welcome; please contact the Meetings’ coordinator asgeir@congrex.no IUGS Commission for the Management and Application of Geoscience Information (CGI) Open meeting. Ian Jackson ij@bgs.ac.uk International Association of GeoChemistry (IAGC) Two Council meetings. Attila Demény demeny@geochem.hu International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) Open meeting on "Redefinition of the Quaternary and Pleistocene: Open Discussion" chaired by Stan Finney and John Clague. Stan Finney scfinney@csulb.edu, John Clague jclague@sfu.ca